Planting Time

What you’re seeing here is the first (and likely only) action shot ever on The Blog.

Fact: When you’re busy taking a picture in the middle of pouring water into your seedling flat, you’re also busy pouring water down the front of your cabinetry.

Blogging mysteries, unveiled.

As I was helter-skelter scattering seed packets into their respective bits of earth, I realized that over the winter I actually missed le jardin.

Despite my best efforts at procrastinating, as of Sunday it is planted.

The first year that we planted Le Jardin, I didn’t really think to label it properly. I just figured that the cilantro, basil, tarragon, parsley and oregano would start to differentiate themselves. Which they did.

This year? My choice of plants is not-so-different as that first planting. So this go-round, I decided to label them from the beginning.

so fun! i have tried to plant green peppers before because i love them and they are getting so dang expensive…but they turned out so tiny…it was slightly comical 😉 planting spices like basil is such a great idea! i use lots of spices so it could be fun to have some fresh grown ones 🙂

Good thing I didn’t plant last week when I was itching to since our summer-like weather turned into frosty nights in the blink of the eye. Like you, I do herbs.

This is a little random, but I’ve heard that certain types of blueberry bushes do well in sunny containers. I did strawberry plants in a container last year and they were super yummy. Not exactly a flower, but colorful. 🙂

Hooray for the return of Le Jardin! I’ll be honest–my attempts at seed starting have been abysmal upon transplantation, so I buy seedlings from the food co-op that are grown by farmers that actually know what they are doing. (unlike me)